Is this the future? “Young people’s familiarity with ICT offers a great opportunity to language teachers. It seems to us that a determined commitment to use this world, which is so familiar to young people, is a key to increasing the engagement of young people of all ages with languages. New technologies can facilitate real contacts with schools and young people in other countries. They can also provide stimulus for creative and interactive work.” (Lord Dearing - Languages Review March 2007)
~ How can we use a blog or wiki? •Sharing good ideas and resources. •Raising awareness of MFL across the school (and beyond!) •Online diaries of school trips and exchanges. •Getting students to assess each other’s work. •Broadcasting podcasts and mp3s
~ What’s so good about blogging and wiki’ing? •Creativity and global citizenship. •It’s not new for pupils who use Bebo/MySpace/Facebook. •Helps subject to be more relevant to kids. •It’s quite simple to use. •Writing for a purpose (real audience) increases standards at all levels - it’s real communication. •Allows for peer assessment through comments in a safe environment - electronic form of assessment for learning.
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Using a wiki to get students working together A ‘wiki’ is a simple to use website that allows users to create their own entries, which can then be edited and changed by other users. This is a wiki. In MFL we can use ‘wikis’ to get students to create, share, correct and discuss their work with each other in a secure and personalised environment ~
In MFL we can use ‘wikis’ to get students to create, share, correct and discuss their work with each other in a secure and personalised environment •Anyone can add, edit, or delete a page. •Users control the design and organisation of the wiki. •On most wikis, what you write is more important than how it looks.
Wiki as a Collaboration tool •Students like the ability to collaborate. •The wiki facilitates, but doesn’t teach collaboration skills - the students need time to get used to the idea! •Students need help organising collaborative writing projects. •Wiki management is ideally controlled by the students, but monitored by the teachers. •Students need to develop wiki-skills - but it is a great way to aid independent study. •The “history” and “recent changes” tools can help with assessing participation
“Young people’s familiarity with ICT offers a great opportunity to language teachers. It seems to us that a determined commitment to use this world, which is so familiar to young people, is a key to increasing the engagement of young people of all ages with languages. New technologies can facilitate real contacts with schools and young people in other countries. They can also provide stimulus for creative and interactive work.”
(Lord Dearing - Languages Review March 2007)
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How can we use a blog or wiki?
• Sharing good ideas and resources.
• Raising awareness of MFL across the school (and beyond!)
• Online diaries of school trips and exchanges.
• Getting students to assess each other’s work.
• Broadcasting podcasts and mp3s
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What’s so good about blogging and wiki’ing?
• Creativity and global citizenship.
• It’s not new for pupils who use Bebo/MySpace/Facebook.
• Helps subject to be more relevant to kids.
• It’s quite simple to use.
• Writing for a purpose (real audience) increases standards at all levels - it’s real communication.
• Allows for peer assessment through comments in a safe environment - electronic form of assessment for learning.
~
Using a wiki to get students working together
A ‘wiki’ is a simple to use website that allows users to create their own entries, which can then be edited and changed by other users. This is a wiki.
In MFL we can use ‘wikis’ to get students to create, share, correct and discuss their work with each other in a secure and personalised environment
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In MFL we can use ‘wikis’ to get students to create, share, correct and discuss their work with each other in a secure and personalised environment
• Anyone can add, edit, or delete a page.
• Users control the design and organisation of the wiki.
• On most wikis, what you write is more important than how it looks.
Wiki as a Collaboration tool
• Students like the ability to collaborate.
• The wiki facilitates, but doesn’t teach collaboration skills - the students need time to get used to the idea!
• Students need help organising collaborative writing projects.
• Wiki management is ideally controlled by the students, but monitored by the teachers.
• Students need to develop wiki-skills - but it is a great way to aid independent study.
• The “history” and “recent changes” tools can help with assessing participation